Handle connecter for implements



Nov. 20, 1928; 1,692,110

H. CAVE ET A1..-

HANDLE' CONNECTER FOR. IMPLEMENTS 1 Filed Feb 2, 1925 i I v1. ues. v

Patented Nov. 20, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY CAVE, OF HARTFORD, AND HORACE H. FITZGERALD, OF BERLIN,GO1\TNECTI- CUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE FULLER BRUSH COMPANY, OF HARTFORD,CONNECTICUT,

A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

HANDLE GONNECTER FOB IMPLEMENTS.

Application filed February 2, 1925. Serial No. 6,237.

This invention relates to the class of de vices employed for attachingimplements, as brushes, mops and the like, to the handles therefor, andan object of the invention among others, is to provide a connector thatshall be simple in'construction, that shall be durable, and that may beproduced at a minimum cost.

One form of connector embodying our invention and in the constructionand use of which the objects herein set out, as well as othorspnay beattained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a side View of a connector embodying our invention.

Figure 2 is a view in section on a plane denoted by the dotted line 2-2of Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a view from a point located at right angles to the point ofview of Figure 1.

Figure 4; is a View in section on a plane denoted by the dotted line 1-4of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an end view of the structure.

Figure 6 is a view in section on a plane donoted by the dotted line 66of Figure 1.

The improved connector forming the subjoct matter of this applicationcomprises a socket piece and a connector that is firmly and rigidlyattached to the socket piece, this connector comprising spring armshaving means at their outer ends for attachmentto a brush, mop or otherimplement. The socket piece is shown herein as in the form of a forruleat one end within which is received the end of a handle or similarmember, in a mannor that will be readily understood, but it iscontemplated as within the invention that the socket piece need notnecessarily be formed separately from said handle and in a manner toreceive the same, and it will, therefore, be understood that the termsocket piece as employed herein contemplates this member whether it beformed separate from the handle and for attachment thereto, orotherwise.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 7 indicates the socket piece asa whole comprising a ferrule 8 located at one end and a holder or head 9located at the opposite end. The connector has branches or arms 10connected by a bow 11 at one end, the opposite ends of said branches orarms being free. These branches or arms have resilient prop erties toenable fingers 12 at their ends to engage within sockets or openings ina cleaning implement, such implement not being shown herein.

A novel feature of this invention comprises the means for securing theconnector to the socket piece. In effecting this result the socket pieceis flattened at the holding end, as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of thedrawings, and holes 13 are formed in the opposite sides of this holderor head extending from the end of the socket piece to an opening 14therein, the holes 13 being substantially of the size of the wire orstock comprising the arms or branches 10. In the formation of the holes13 the faces of the head are depressed into fiat portions 15 that restagainst each other and as shown in Figure 6 of the drawings, the end ofthe connector comprising the how 11 being inserted in the headbofore themetal is depressed to form the flat portions 15, this latter operationfirmly securing the connector within the head.

In the operation of securing the connector within the head the socketpiece is first fiattened at its end into an oblong slot of a widthsubstantially'tha t voftho diameter of the wire or stock comprising theconnector. The U-shapod end or how of the connector is then inserted tothe position shown in Figure 2, and the head is then acted upon as bymeans of dies to depress the portions between the arms forming the flatsurfaces 15, thereby completing the operation. A bow shaped hole is thusformed in the head, one side of which hole is open into the large holein the ferrule 8, and the bow shaped end of the connector is thus causedto nicely fit said how shaped hole and be securely fastened therein.

In many instances of usetho fingers 12 are inserted in holes oppositelydisposed in the implement to be attached to the connector and in orderto retain the fingers against accidental displacement from said holes aspreader 16 is employed having a loop 17 at one end by means of which itis pivotally attached to one of the branches or arms 10, the other endof the spreader having a hook 18 to engage over the other arm or branchof the connector, and with a lip 19 by means of which this end of thespreader may be disengaged from said branch by swinging the spreader ona pivot formed by the loop 17.

It will be noted that the formation of the bow shaped hole 13 provides ashoulder 20 within the head 9 engaging within the bowed portion of theconnecter, said shoulder serving as an obstruction rigid with the headto effectively prevent removal of the connecter from the head.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes we havedescribed the principles of operation of our invention, together withthe device which we now consider to represent the best embodimentthereof; but we desire to have it understood that the device shown isonly illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by othermeans and applied to uses other than those above set out.

We claim- 1. A handle attachment including a socket piece formed of asingle piece of material with a socket at one end for the reception of ahandle, said socket being closed at the bottom thereof except for spacedopenings extending from the socket lengthwise of the socket piece andout at the end thereof, and a connecter comprising arms located withinsaid openings and a bow engaging the bottom of said socket.

2. A handle attachment including a socket piece having a socket at oneend for the reception of a handle and an enlarged head at the oppositeend having spaced openings extending from the socket lengthwise of thesocket piece and out at the end thereof forming shoulders, said socketbeing closed at the bottom except for said openings, and a connectercomprising arms located in said openings and a bow V seated against saidshoulders and against the bottom of said socket.

3. A handle attachment including a socket piece having a socket at oneend for the reception of a handle and a head at the opposite endcomprising opposite walls located substantially in contact and withopenings on opposite sides of said walls extending from said socketlengthwise of the socket piece and out at the end of the structure, anda connecter comprising arms located within said socket piece and a bowengaged with the ends of said walls.

4t. A handle attachment including a socket piece having a socket at oneend for the reception of a handle and an enlarged head at the oppositeend comprising opposite walls located substantially in contact and withopenings on opposite sides of said walls forming shoulders extendingfrom said socket lengthwise of the socket piece and out at the end ofthe structure, and a connecter comprising arms located within saidopenings and a bow engaging said shoulders and the ends of said walls. I

5. A handle attachment comprising a ferrule round at one end and withits opposite end wider in one direction and narrower in the other withthe intermediate portions of opposite walls meeting to form two spacedopenings extending lengthwise of the socket piece and out at the endthereof from said socket, and a connecter comprising arms located insaid openings and a bow engaged with the abutment formed at the bottomof the socket in the ferrule and between said openings.

HENRY CAVE. HORACE H. FITZGERALD.

